perverted

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“These are cheap laws that can be passed to make people feel good,” said Charles P. Ewing, author of “Justice Perverted: Sex Offense Law, Psychology, and Public Policy.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2012

There seems no reason to doubt that My Revolution, Promenades in Paris 1789-1794 really is the diary of Restif de la Bretonne, author of The Pornographer, The Perverted Peasant, and Paris Nights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Religion 'twas produced this poem's fire; Perverted also?—prithee, don't inquire!

From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Schiller, Friedrich

Perverted symmetry of style is found in euphuistic hacks like Pettie.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

But here is the promised extract from the sermon on "A Perverted Conscience."

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver